Fabulous Folds Card!

Apparantly, I enjoy being ambitious, because I tried this card this month that was a HUGE undertaking... but it really paid off... because it's amazing! It is the biggest WOW card I have ever seen... however, I can't take the credit for the design, because I got that from the recent "Stampin' Success" Magazine that I get for being a demonstrator every month (another wonderful reason to join my team! I can't live without this magazine now!)
This is a video of how it turned out:
Once you start making these cards, you'll never be able to stop! The beauty is that the fold itself is so amazing, and as long as you stick with the same color scheme and basic ideas, you can change it over and over again to be a Christmas Card, a Birthday Card, a Valentine's Card... whatever you wish!
Here's the final card (I apologize for the strawberry shortcake DVD in the background, this was the quietest my house has been all week!)

The design is a little hard to get, so I took pictures step by step for you... I choose to make it a birthday card, and decided that my "theme" would be hearts and cupcakes.
A few thoughts about this card:
- make sure that you make precise and exact cuts and fold
- keep the same 3 or 4 color theme throughout the card, to have continuity
- have one or two "ideas" and stick with them (cupcakes and hearts)
- don't have anything too bulky on the card, like ribbons or other ornaments, or it will make it too hard to fold
- if you use a simple brad, have another piece of paper to cover it, as all sides of the cards will be seen at some point
- you need a paper cutter with 16ths

Here are the instructions:

Start with a half piece of 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of cardstock, cut lengthwise, to 4 1/4 x 11.

Next, cut it in half, so that you have two pieces that are 5 1/2 x 4 1/4:

Then, you score one of the pieces at 1 1/16" horizontally (this is the top picture) and the other piece at 1 3/8" vertically (the bottom part of the picture)

Next, you cut those each in half... the top one, you cut to 2 3/4" x 4 1/4" the bottom one you cut to 5 1/2 x 2 1/8"
Here's what they look like when you're done:

and

you now have all 4 pieces need to make this card.
Now, use sticky strip (it needs to be a very strong adhesive) on each of the two 2 3/4" pieces... see the above picture... use 2 strips, 1 inch or so (less than half way up) on either side of the score lines (each of the pen lines are a piece of sticky strip).
This is where it gets a bit dicey, but you can do it! Take the tape off of one of the 2 3/4" pieces, and place the two pieces of card stock that are 2 1/8" side by side, on the tape, making sure that the score lines match up.
Here's what it will look like:

now, take the stick strip off the other piece, and adhere it like this:

when together, it will look like this:

And then you are done!
Watch the video to figure out how to fold it, and decorate it one fold at a time! (Use your bone folder to get nice, crisp folds).
That's all for now, hope you enjoy making this card!
My card recipe:

Stamp Sets:
Party Hearty
Birthday Bakery

Colors:
So Saffron
Soft Suede
Regal Rose

Tools:
heart small
scallop oval extra large
small tag
large tag

That's all for now!